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The Wall
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Eve is staying with her grandmother and her only choice
in playmate is Oscar, the boy from next door. The lure of
the forbidden attic in her Nan’s house proves too much for
Eve and Oscar and they sneak upstairs to explore. When
Eve finds a small crystal figurine of a unicorn it acts as a
portal into another world. Eve and Oscar find themselves
in the desert of Panthor where unicorns are now enslaved,
land turned to desert and people forced to become desert
nomads. How can Eve and Oscar survive in a land where
panthers and people communicate and where an evil
king has complete control of every living being? More
importantly, how will they ever get home again?
THE STORY
4.AROPRT
3.HAPTORN
Help Eve cross the desert of Panthor
Warning: Make sure an adult is with you when
you're handling hot water.
Make Your Own Crystals
Eve and the Runaway Unicorn
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In Eve and the Runaway Unicorn, Eve feels abandoned by
her own mother and father but finds a sense of community
with Callie’s family and her village.
* What does community mean to you?
* Write a piece about your own community and how they
can be like an extended family.
Eve and Oscar have a fiery relationship. Over the course
of the story they grow to trust and understand each other
better. By the end of the book they are friends.
* Have students draw up a character chart and illustrate the
similarities and differences between Eve and Oscar.
At the end of the book we are led to believe that Eve’s Gran
knows more about the power of the crystal than she lets on.
* Discuss how the portrayal of Gran changes from the
beginning of the story to the end. Are your assumptions
about old people challenged?
Study the cover of Eve and the Runaway Unicorn. What
does the cover tell us about the narrative contained inside?
* Design a new cover for the book and prepare a pitch for
why it is a better cover.
Before we could use writing, stories were drawn in order to
preserve them.
* Have students create a pictography of the narrative for
Eve and the Runaway Unicorn.
There are several point in the story when both Eve and
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16.EGLUNJ
In a pot or a large spouted container, dissolve 9 tbsp of Borax
in 3 cups of very hot water. Boil the water in a kettle first to
make sure it’s hot enough to dissolve the Borax. Stir your
solution very well until the Borax has completely dissolved.
This can take a few minutes. When your solution is crystal
clear, you’re good to go.
Next, pour your Borax and water solution into your glass jars.
Shape your pipe cleaner into the shape you want your
crystal to be.
Now you need to suspend your pipe cleaners freely in the
solution. You can do this by hanging the pipe cleaner from a
pencil balanced in the rim of the jar with the cotton thread.
Now, you just have to wait for a bit. Set your jar in a safe
place where the solution can cool. By the next morning you
should see your crystals starting to form.
15.OHURTEESE
14.RSWOC
13.LICLEA
12.WORET
11.BDII
10.HTNEPAR
9.SYATCLSR
8.EHAHCET
7.SRDETE
6.DANOSM
5.DNESARBLDOR
Borax {found with laundry detergent}
Water
Heatproof jars
Pencils
Cotton thread
Coloured pipe cleaners
2.SROAC
1.CRUNONI
50 by 45Eve
delta maze
Unscamble the Words
Riddles
Oscar’s resilience is tested both physically and mentally.
* Find examples in the story of when characters are tested
physically and mentally.
* Choose an example from your own life when you have
been tested both physically and emotionally.
Unicorns are a mythical animal said to represent purity
and power. The unicorn is a central character in the book
but only appears fleetingly at the start of the story and
then towards the end of the book.
* Why do you think the writer did this?
* What does the unicorn represent in the story?
If you were to write the next book in the Keeper of the
Crystals series, what would the story be about?
* Draw a map representing the world of Panthor, include
the Borderlands, Lakes of Trapor, the wall and the tower.
* Which characters are in conflict in the book?
* How do Oscar and Eve resolve their differences?
* List four ways to effectively resolve conflict.
Trapor was once a world of lush vegetation. Once the king
controlled the water supply, he controlled the people and
the animals.
* Do you think we take fresh water for granted?
* Research how nomadic populations live in deserts with
limited access to water.
In the book Eve and Oscar have to solve a riddle in the form of
a prophecy. Can you solve the following three riddles?
One where none should be,
or maybe where two should be,
seeking out purity,
in the king's trees.
What am I?
What do unicorns have that no other creature has?
Eve came across a panther and a unicorn in a forest of
forgetfulness. Those two are strange beings. The panther lies
every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and the other days he
speaks the truth. The unicorn lies on Thursdays, Fridays and
Saturdays, however the other days of the week he speaks the
truth.
Panther: Yesterday I was lying.
Unicorn: So was I.
On which day did they say that?
How to fold your Keeper of the
Crystals activities booklet
1. Fold this sheet into 8 sections
then open it out.
2. Fold it in half vertically
and cut from the fold to the
crease, as shown.
3. Open it out again, then fold it
in half horizontally.
4. Push the ends inwards to form
a diamond shape.
5. Push the ends together
and flatten into pages,
fold the pages around to
form a book.